Abstract

We present evidence of cubic Rashba spin splitting in a quasi-two-dimensional electron gas formed at a surface of (001) SrTiO3 single crystal from the weak localization or antilocalization (WAL) analysis of the low-temperature magnetoresistance. Our WAL data were well fitted by the model assuming mj=±3/2 for the spin-split pair, in which 2π rotation of the electron wave vector k∥ in the kx-ky plane accompanies 6π rotation of the spin quantization axis. This finding pertains to the p symmetry of the t2g electronic band derived from d electrons in SrTiO3, which provides insights into the surface electronic state of (001) SrTiO3.

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